On time take off delayed arrival?
Mar 11, 2019, 7:06 am
#1
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On time take off delayed arrival?
Currently in BA lounge, our flight is showing as taking off on time on both BA app and Heathrow website (and screens in lounge), but is showing estimated time of arrival as almost two hours late- is it likely that take off will be delayed and even if it is should we still go to the gate or can we remain in the lounge?
Mar 11, 2019, 7:11 am
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"It's a trap".
Expect boarding on time and a long ground hold after boarding while the Captain hopes the slot delay reduces. Use the toilet before boarding and bring on board sufficient food, drink and entertainment as needed for the extra time. You can at least use your electronics during a ground hold.
Updated:
Now I'm even more sure it's a trap. You're flying to the least reliable airport in Europe that can't handle any adverse weather without massive delays. Prepare for a long wait.
Expect boarding on time and a long ground hold after boarding while the Captain hopes the slot delay reduces. Use the toilet before boarding and bring on board sufficient food, drink and entertainment as needed for the extra time. You can at least use your electronics during a ground hold.
Updated:
Now I'm even more sure it's a trap. You're flying to the least reliable airport in Europe that can't handle any adverse weather without massive delays. Prepare for a long wait.
Mar 11, 2019, 7:16 am
#6
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flatlander has explained the reasoning, and all you can really do is hope the delay comes in.
It caught me out the first time (I've had it a couple of times on the EDI-LHR route). Expect groans once they've got you all trapped and make the announcement. IME they usually open BoB except for the alcohol.
It caught me out the first time (I've had it a couple of times on the EDI-LHR route). Expect groans once they've got you all trapped and make the announcement. IME they usually open BoB except for the alcohol.
Mar 11, 2019, 7:24 am
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Currently in BA lounge, our flight is showing as taking off on time on both BA app and Heathrow website (and screens in lounge), but is showing estimated time of arrival as almost two hours late- is it likely that take off will be delayed and even if it is should we still go to the gate or can we remain in the lounge?
Mar 11, 2019, 8:30 am
#11
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It is of course in everybody's interest to board early despite a potential slot delay... Although it doesn't stop the DYKWIAs whingeing about it.
Slots often come forward drastically and on occasion the aircraft has to leave immediately, lest incurring a longer delay.
Happened recently to me at NCL when it was foggy at LHR. I had spotted the significantly delayed arrival on the app so saw it coming before boarding. The BOB had just been cracked open (including the booze), when the captain got on the blower saying we had to move now as the airborne slot time was in 5 minutes.
The data in the app is taken direct from BA's flight planning system, you can see the arrival time change as the slots chop and change.
Slots often come forward drastically and on occasion the aircraft has to leave immediately, lest incurring a longer delay.
Happened recently to me at NCL when it was foggy at LHR. I had spotted the significantly delayed arrival on the app so saw it coming before boarding. The BOB had just been cracked open (including the booze), when the captain got on the blower saying we had to move now as the airborne slot time was in 5 minutes.
The data in the app is taken direct from BA's flight planning system, you can see the arrival time change as the slots chop and change.
Mar 11, 2019, 8:35 am
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Pushed 2 minutes early.
Note the aircraft's now been changed from the one originally assigned.
Mar 11, 2019, 4:14 pm
#13
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Thank you all, we boarded on time and once the doors were closed the Captain announced that we were going to move off stand and park up for a couple of hours. There were then various announcements including one just after they had started serving food that we would be starting engines in approx 9 minutes! The crew (in CE were great) and managed a drinks run and then food run (with more drinks) before take off with another drinks run during the flight.
We eventually arrived just under two hours late.
We eventually arrived just under two hours late.